hold the cards

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hold the cards

verb holds the cards · holding the cards · held the cards · hold all the cards

  1. idiomatic To be in a strong position, possessing significant advantages over someone else; to be in control of a situation involving multiple parties. "[B]ut if you make conditions I have no choice but to accept them, seeing that you hold the cards."

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